Naty is originally from the Philippines.  She migrated to Canada with her family but moved to the U.S. for her doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania.  Raised in Sunday school by church going parents, she truly came to know Christ personally at a conference for high school students sponsored by Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship.  She later served in various capacities at IVCF after her nursing and counseling degrees.  Her experience working with different cultures and countries came with her appointment as Regional Coordinator for Pacific and East Asia of the Nurses Christian Fellowship International. Naty is tenured faculty and was the former Assistant Dean for Admissions and for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. She is currently Faculty Emeritus and continues with her research projects.

Among her roles at NCNC, Naty leads the prayer meetings and the Helping Hands Committee.  She loves plants and has given away many newly potted plants from one mother plant.  She see this as a picture of NCNC growing individuals from many countries being 're-potted' in a new soil, reproducing and maturing in Jesus.